Rebecca Brooks (1784-1825). My 5th great-grandmother. Rebecca Brooks was the first of the Brooks family to join my family tree, when she married into the Wetherall family. The surname may derive from the town of Broc in France, brought over around the time of the Norman conquest, or also to the old English words for […]
Napoleonic war
Edith Brent (1784-1871) and her soldier husband
Edith Brent (1784-1871), Charles Prigg (1782-1814) and Alexander McKenzie (c1786-1832). My 4th great-grand aunt and uncles. Edith Brent was born to Henry Brent and his wife Mary and baptised on 31 January 1784 at Holy Trinity Church in Wonston, Hampshire. The family continued to live in and around the village. She married Charles Prigg from […]
Ann Brent and my other Brent ancestors
Ann Brent (1780-1863). My 4th great-grandmother. The Brents came from Hampshire in southern England and married into the Downer family, ancestors on my paternal Finch line. The surname can derive from place names but may also refer to the Old English ‘brente’ meaning steep place – the location perhaps of where a family lived. View […]
Mary Pilgrim and my other Pilgrim ancestors
Mary Pilgrim (1811-1867). My 3rd great-grandmother. My Pilgrim ancestors came from Norfolk in East Anglia and joined my family tree when Mary Pilgrim married James Goulty in 1842 – they would be my 3rd great-grandparents. See where they fit in my family tree. Mary was born illegitimately to Elizabeth Pilgrim on 7 January 1811 at […]